diff --git a/pkgs/data/themes/cde-motif-theme/default.nix b/pkgs/data/themes/cde-motif-theme/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cc83047e3cce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/data/themes/cde-motif-theme/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchFromGitHub, python2Packages }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "cde-motif-theme";
+  version = "1.3";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "josvanr";
+    repo = "cde-motif-theme";
+    rev = version;
+    sha256 = "1v5c4db69cmzdci8xxlkx3s3cifg1h5160qq5siwfps0sj7pvggj";
+  };
+
+  dontBuild = true;
+
+  pythonPath = with python2Packages; [ pyqt4 pillow pyxdg pyyaml ];
+  nativeBuildInputs = with python2Packages; [ python wrapPython ];
+
+  installPhase = ''
+    mkdir -p $out/share/themes
+    cp -r cdetheme $out/share/themes
+    patchShebangs $out/share/themes/cdetheme/scripts/switchtheme
+    wrapPythonProgramsIn "$out/share/themes/cdetheme/scripts" "$out $pythonPath"
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Gtk2 / Gtk3 theme mimicking CDE / Motif";
+    homepage = "https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1231025";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ gnidorah ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 75086d4e98ae..cfff8addf61d 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -17842,6 +17842,8 @@ in
 
   cascadia-code = callPackage ../data/fonts/cascadia-code { };
 
+  cde-gtk-theme = callPackage ../data/themes/cde-motif-theme { };
+
   charis-sil = callPackage ../data/fonts/charis-sil { };
 
   cherry = callPackage ../data/fonts/cherry { inherit (xorg) fonttosfnt mkfontdir; };